NCJ Number
177574
Date Published
1999
Length
4 pages
Annotation
This report evaluates the impact and implementation of the Prison Service Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) policy.
Abstract
According to the IEP system, privileges are earned by prisoners through good behavior and performance and are removable if prisoners fail to maintain acceptable standards. The system aims to encourage responsible behavior, hard work and other constructive behavior by prisoners to enable them to make progress within the prison system, and to create a more disciplined, better controlled and safer environment for prisoners and staff. The majority of prisoners felt that the IEP principles were fair but that the policy sometimes operated unfairly. Staff reported increased confidence and feeling less intimidated by prisoners partly as a result of IEP. To work at its best IEP requires a framework of "personal officers" (who liaise between prisoners and other prison staff), effective sentence planning and throughcare. Tables